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by npollock 3y ago
if you're throwing away arguably billions in brand equity, you can be sure the app's about to change radically
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by npollock 3y ago
(disclosure: affiliated) we have an API for converting audio into video - https://getaudiogram.com/api/ it's not self-serve at the moment, we manually onboard new clients
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by npollock 3y ago
don't forget regulatory moats - lobby govt to mandate "superalignment"
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by npollock 3y ago
> Crypto stablecoin company Circle Internet Financial Ltd. previously disclosed its SVB deposits ... The document listed it as SVB’s biggest depositor with a balance of $3.3 billion. just when you thought the government was anti-crypto
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by npollock 4y ago
There's a good chance the lack of traction is a marketing problem, not a product problem. What have you tried do so far to market the product?
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by npollock 4y ago
A few challenges I think you should consider: 1. People do their podcast listening on other platforms/players - what's the incentive for them to comment/post on Podbabble? 2. Podcasts have existing community/discussion o
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by npollock 4y ago
In your "local-first software"[2] article, you discuss data privacy and encryption: "Local-first apps can use end-to-end encryption so that any servers that store a copy of your files only hold encrypted data that they cannot
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by npollock 4y ago
source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-19/crypto-pl...
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by npollock 5y ago
The popularity metric used in the blog post is "% of Stack Overflow questions that month". It makes sense that there are fewer "new questions" about an older technology. They've already been asked, you just need to
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by npollock 5y ago
"use their iPhone to seamlessly and securely accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets through a simple tap" other digital wallets = crypto?
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by npollock 5y ago
https://www.patreon.com/ciechanowski
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by npollock 6y ago
here's another solution: https://github.com/readbeyond/aeneas
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by npollock 6y ago
What types of solutions exist for automating the creation of front-end tests? Either full automation, or partial with some user input/direction. I found https://kwola.io/ but wondering if there are other alternatives
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by npollock 6y ago
This works well: https://github.com/serverlesspub/ffmpeg-aws-lambda-layer
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Ask HN: What percentage of your company is remote?
1 points by npollock 6y ago|0 comments
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by npollock 7y ago
I was thinking about adjusting parameters like: background music volume, segment length, pauses, etc. I'll give it a try, perhaps its so fast that previews aren't really necessary. I also think this could be an amazing tool for pe
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by npollock 7y ago
I could see this being really useful for creating product onboarding video tutorials - wondering if there's an ability to preview and edit/adjust before exporting the final video?
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by npollock 7y ago
the demo is fun to try: https://calebj0seph.github.io/spectro/
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by npollock 7y ago
"No code" does not equal "no programming". For me, programming is 90% about how I structure/organize a process, 10% is the expression of said process through code.
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by npollock 7y ago
"At the start of the effort, I asked my wife questions about what she needed and what would help her and other educational consultants like her. She told me the things that she was looking for directly. But it took forever to have some
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by npollock 7y ago
On a per capita basis, it's as if everyone in the US lent $350 to the banks. (115B/327M)
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by npollock 7y ago
DAU up 13% year over year to 210M. I thought Instagram Stories had flattened Snap's growth. Does anyone know if the growth is a result of changes to the product?
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WeWork CEO cashes out $700M in equity before IPO(techcrunch.com)
6 points by npollock 7y ago|1 comments
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by npollock 7y ago
If they can help podcasters monetize more effectively they'll unlock a big market
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by npollock 7y ago
If you want to understand the appeal of Substack to journalists/writers, there's a great interview on the BOC podcast with one of the more successful authors on the platform, Robert Cottrell (formerly of The Economist) https:&#x2
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by npollock 8y ago
Another under-appreciated fact: at iteration 1 you have very little data from feedback, at iteration 10 you've hopefully got a lot more - an iterative style of product development gets easier and more efficient as time/iterations
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by npollock 8y ago
> Podcasts are also completely inaccessible to search engines. Google is actively working with the podcast community and encouraging podcasters to structure their data to be accessible in search: https://developers.google.com&
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by npollock 8y ago
We're living in a world (at least in tech) where the boundaries between work/life are becoming increasingly blurred. Right or wrong, it seems like WeWork is a breed company that expects deep employee alignment on values that exten
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by npollock 8y ago
One hack we've employed with our customers in interviews and through surveys: have them rank/prioritize our current features, and consider/rank a set of potential new features. It's much easier for someone to order a lis
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by npollock 9y ago
One of the theatres here in Canada has now started offering VR experiences. They have a lounge area with about 8 different experiences, with prices in the $12-15 range for 15 minutes. Gotta give them full marks for attempting something new.

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